Sudan

Tribal violence in Sudan's western Darfur region has displaced more than 1,800 people who have fled across the border into the nearby Central African nation of Chad in the past week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said. The majority of refugees are women, children and senior citizens who have fled villages near the border since the violence broke out on April 3, said Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Some refugees have been…

Sudan's prime minister has invited his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts to discuss a resolution on issues surrounding Ethiopia's plans to build a dam on a tributary of the Nile, his office said on Wednesday. Last week, talks with the three countries hosting the President of the African Union, Congo, failed to reach a binding agreement on the operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the filling of its large reservoir. Ever since construction began in 2011, Egypt has viewed the dam…

Two years ago in Sudan, a revolution led to the fall of President Omar al-Bashir after 30 years of rule. In Atbara, a small town in the north of the country that was the epicenter of the revolution, members of NISS, the dismissed president's security services, have been on trial for the murder of protesters. as reported from…

The failure, on Tuesday, April 6, of a three-day conversation in Kinshasa about the Ethiopian mega-hydroelectric dam built on a tributary of the Nile, weighs on the climate in the region. As the second phase of tank filling approaches, the positions seem further apart than ever. Sudanese negotiators left Kinshasa very angry.…

As the latest round of negotiations between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over Ethiopia's plans to build a dam on a tributary of the Nile failed to bring anything of value to the table and tensions between African nations continue to rise, Cairo and Uganda have signed an agreement on the division of military intelligence. According to a statement from Uganda's National Defense Force (UPDF) released late on Wednesday, the agreement was signed between UPDF's Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and the…

Ethiopia on Wednesday (April 7) declared its dedication to proceed filling the mega-dam on which it's based mostly on the Nile, regardless of the persevering with dispute with Egypt and Sudan. Nonetheless no compromise on the topic. The DRC's capital, Kinshasa, hosted a brand new spherical of negotiations on the topic till Tuesday, April 7. The ministerial delegations in Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt had been convened since Sunday by Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi, the present president of the African Union workplace.…

Following the latest failure of negotiations between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the Blue Nile Dam, Addis Ababa stated on Wednesday that it will not discourage throwing water on the mega dam and leaving neighbors apprehensive about their water provide. The massive Ethiopian Renaissance dam has been a supply of pressure within the Nile River since Ethiopia broke floor in 2011. Downstream neighbors Egypt and Sudan see the dam as a menace as a consequence of their dependence on the Nile, whereas…

In an announcement launched on Tuesday, the Council of Ministers introduced that it had accepted a invoice to finish the blockade launched in 1958. The textual content has not but been accepted by the Sovereignty Council, the nation's highest authority. However the objective is to raise the boycott of Israeli regulation this yr.…

The tripartite meeting on the Great Lady of the Renaissance (GERD) ended on Tuesday, April 6 in Kinshasa. Scheduled for two days, it lasted for three days without the Ethiopian, Sudanese and Egyptian delegates reaching an agreement. Félix Tshisekedi hoped to unleash a new dynamic through this meeting to reach a consensus plan. This meeting should also lead to the setting of the goals and frequency of…

The latest violence between rival tribes in this troubled region of Sudan has left at least 50 dead and more than 120 injured since Saturday, according to the Sudanese Medical Association. These clashes began on Saturday in El-Geneina, the capital of this state. They would have started, according to the UN, when a man shot at…